# Amputations involving bone loss at Pepper Source Ltd
> OSHA SIR `2024098890` · 9/23/2024 · ROGERS, ARKANSAS
## Severity
- **1 amputation**
- **Body part:** Other finger(s)  n.e.c.
- **Nature of injury:** Amputations involving bone loss
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by running powered equipment  during maintenance, cleaning, testing
- **Source:** Food and beverage processing machinery  n.e.c.
- **Secondary source:** Secondary source not applicable
## Employer
- **Name:** Pepper Source Ltd
- **Location:** 11103 N Old Wire Road, ROGERS, ARKANSAS, 72756
- **NAICS:** 424490
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was sanitizing an inline metal detector and replacing the actuator piston when the actuator cycled and amputated their left index finger at the first knuckle.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*